Today’s first #kanji is #言 which is listed under its own radical 言. However, its original form was a combination of 辛 and 口, so it has something to do with a mouth.
Meaning: to say, words
Reading: ゲン、ゴン、ギン*、い、こと（ごと）
言語（ゲンゴ）: (a) language, speech
言行（ゲンコウ）: speech and behavior, words and deeds
予言（ヨゲン）: (a) prophecy, (a) prediction, a forecast
言言（ゲンゲン）: (each and) every word
無言（ムゴン）: silence, muteness
遺言（ユイゴン）: a will, a person’s dying wish
言（い）う: to say, to utter; to express; to call
言葉（ことば）: language, a dialect; a word; a statement; expression; phrasing; a speech
寝言（ねごと）: talking during a person’s sleep; silly talk
戯言（たわごと）: silly talk, nonsense, rubbish
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言言（ギンギン）*: discreet, prudent (It is listed in kanji dictionaries, but I’ve never used/heard this word myself)
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